7/11/2013

Taking the temperature on a journey through #Egypt – in pictures

People line up for sweets called 'qatayef' specially prepared for Ramadan 




Young women prepare dough for sweets called 'qatayef' specially prepared for Ramadan, in Damanhour



 A man eats "iftar" at sunset at a roadside Ramadan table in the Nile Delta



  The highway is practically empty as the end of the first day of Ramadan, near Benha, Nile Delta



  Apartment blocks next to the highway in Cairo. Millions of residents of this mega-city live packed together in such buildings
  Graffiti on the walls of a school in Luxor celebrates the protesters who died during Egypt's uprising

A carriage driver waits for tourists across the street from Luxor Temple










Habu Temple is empty of tourists, in Luxor


Habu Temple is empty of tourists
 
Muhammad, a tour guide, walks through Habu Temple in Luxor

Men pray in a mosque in Port Said
 

A closeup of the inflatables in Port Said
 
 Holly Pickett: Military Coup in Egypt

Giant inflatables bearing signs in Arabic and English that say "Revolution. Not a coup" in Port Said
Holly Pickett: Giant inflated Tele-tubbies bearing signs in Arabic and English that say    
A woman crosses a street guarded by the Egyptian army in a closed area where the rally was held on Monday
Holly Pickett pictures: A woman crossed a street, Alexandria 
A woman touches a poster of General Sisi during the opposition rally in Alexandria  

Holly Pickett pictures: A woman touches a poster


  People chant while holding posters of General Sisi during the rally in Alexandria
Holly Pickett pictures: Military Coup in Egypt 
Another poster-seller 

Holly Pickett pictures: Another poster-seller in Alexandria 
  A man sells posters of General Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi in a crowded market area of Alexandria 

Holly Pickett pictures: A man sells posters
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